Team 1 - Fantasy stories, halving and phonics!

Date: 24th Apr 2016 @ 10:44pm

Welcome back to school everyone!

We have had a very busy first week back in Team 1 and were straight back to business with all our learning!

In English we have started our new fiction unit, which focuses on the fantasy story 'The Way Back Home'. We have begun imitating the text this week and have been learning how to describe character and settings using describing words and similes. 'The moon is as bouncy as a trampoline' was one of my favourites and is up on our washing line.

In maths, our focus this week has been halving. We have learnt how to halve practically and then apply our skills to solve word problems and solve a class investigation.

For the majority of this term during our afternoon sessions, we will be focusing our learning on our reading skills. We will be learning new sounds, completing reading games/activities and practising identifying special friends within words when reading. Our new rule to use all of the time is 'say the sounds, read the word'. Please check your childs book bag for phonics sounds and reading activities being sent home.

See you all on Monday,

Miss Steen